For Immediate release 30 September 2014 African Men for Sexual Health and Rights [AMSHeR], the Coalition of African Lesbians [CAL], and the Demand Accountability SA Campaign* recognises and celebrates the…
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18Aug 14
Pressure on South Africa to host talks to end persecution of Gender Non-Conforming and Trans Africans
By Liesl Louw-Vaudran for the Mail & Guardian. 8 August 2014 Rights groups are putting pressure on SA to hold an Africa-wide seminar on discrimination and violence that has been…
13Jun 14
African Civil Society Organisations demand a date for the regional Seminar on Ending Violence based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 June 2014 Johannesburg – South Africa African civil society organisations have demanded that Honourable Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation in South Africa, sets…
27May 14
African Civil Society Organisations commend the African Commission’s Resolution condemning violence and other Human Rights violations based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)
African civil society organisations and human rights defenders working to advance human and peoples’ rights in Africa welcome the adoption of a ‘Resolution on .’ The Resolution was adopted by…
23May 14
Civil Society Organisations common the African Commission’s Resolution condemning Violence Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
A coalition of organisations and human rights defenders working to advance human and peoples’ rights welcomes the adoption of a Resolution on ‘Protection Against Violence and other Human Rights Violations…
17May 14
Statement from the Coalition of African Lesbians on May 17: Gender Non-Conforming, Trans-Identifying, and Non-Heteronormative Africans Unite to Bring Africa Back
This year’s International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) finds us at a perilous time on our continent. This year in its infancy has seen the passing of two restrictive,…